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On July 20, 2012, in
Cooperstown N.Y., the United States Post Office
issued four 45¢ First-Class Forever,
Major League Baseball All-Stars
commemorative stamps saluting the
accomplishments of; Ted Williams(Scott
#4694), Larry Doby(Scott #4695), Willie Stargell(Scott
#4696), and Joe
DiMaggio(Scott #4697). Illustrator Kadir Nelson
based the stamp art on historic
photographs of the four players. Art
director Phil Jordan designed the
stamps. A total of 20,000,000 stamps of
each of the 4 players were issued.
The Self-Adhesive .45-cent
(Forever) Major League Baseball
All-Stars postage-stamps, item no.
469600, were made
available in panes of 20. The postal
clerk received the panes in 100 count
packages (2,000 stamps). The top cover
cardstock which features the four Major
League Baseball All-Stars
postage stamps, also included
instructions for the clerk on how to
open the package.
The clerk was to cut the film lightly along the dotted line at the top
left, and peel the film over the corner
keeping the remainder of wrapping
intact. After the clerk counted the
correct number of panels the rest of
the wrapping could be removed. These
deck cards
were then discarded,
making the cards extremely rare.
This Major League Baseball All-Stars stamps deck-card pictured above, was
used as a first day cover. The Joe
DiMaggio stamp was used, and features
the official Major League Baseball
All-Stars, Cooperstown N.Y. 13326 post
office cancellation, on July 20, 2012.
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